2015 Cross Country Roster
Roster
Hannah Derby
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Gig Harbor, Wash.
2019 All-America First Team (Distance Medley Relay)
2018 MPSFย DMR Champion
2019:ย Earned her first All-America honor as part of the distance medley relay squad that finished seventh at the NCAA Indoor Championships and qualified for NCAA Prelims once again outdoors in the 800-meters ... ran the 800m leg on the DMR at NCAA Indoors as the team finished in 11:10.94 to earn First Team All-America ... also ran the 800m leg on the DMR at the UW Invitational that ran 11:00.35 to qualify for NCAAs with the third-fastest time in UW history โฆ finished 29th overall at NCAA West Prelims in her final race as a Husky, running 2:08.40 โฆ 12th in the 800m at the Pac-12 Championships in a time of 2:08.36 โฆ fifth in the 800m invite at the Cardinal Classic in 2:07.58 โฆ part of the winning 4x400m relay and second in the 800m at the UW-WSU Dual โฆ ran an indoor PR of 2:06.98 at the MPSF Championships to take sixth in the 800-meters and go to fourth in school history indoors โฆ also ran on the 4x400m relay at MPSFs, taking sixth in 3:44.85.
2017-18 (Track): The top Husky 800-meter runner once again and had a 1,500m PR as well โฆ ran a 1,500-meter lifetime-best of 4:23.75 at the Bryan Clay Invite โฆ was qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the 1,500m but had an ankle injury on the practice day and could not compete โฆ ran the 800m at the Pac-12 Championships, finishing 21st in 2:12.29 โฆ season-best 800m was a 2:07.97 victory at the UW-WSU Dual โฆ fifth in the 800m at the Pepsi Team Invite in 2:11.71 โฆ indoors, ran an 800m PR of 2:07.48 at the Husky Classic to go to No. 4 in school history โฆ ran the 800m leg on the distance medley relay that won the MPSF Championship title in 11:07.43, the sixth-fastest time in school history โฆ also ran on the DMR that won the UW Invitational in 11:08.83 ...ย (Cross Country): Raced twice during the fall, starting at the Sundodger Invite, placing 49th overall in 22:54 โฆ ran at the Emerald City Open and finished 15th.
2017: Made big strides in her second full season, jumping up to No. 2 in school history in the 800-meters, scoring at the Pac-12 Championships and reaching the NCAA Outdoor quarterfinals โฆ a breakthrough performance at the OSU High Performance Meet, as she PRโd by over two seconds to win her heat in 2:04.79, just the second Husky to break 2:05 โฆ made her first Pac-12 Championships final and placed seventh in the final in 2:08.50 โฆ made NCAA West Prelims for the second time, advanced through the first round and was 19th overall in the quarterfinals in 2:09.42 in Austin, Texas โฆ won the 800-meters by a wide margin at the UW-WSU Dual, taking a big early lead to the win in 2:07.89, and ran on the winning 4x400m relay โฆ had a win in her section at the Mt. SAC Relays, crossing in 2:07.13 โฆ opened her outdoor season with another win at the Trojan Invitational in 2:07.96 โฆ part of the 4x400m relay that ran 3:39.62 at the Trojan Invite to go to No. 7 in school history โฆ indoors, was eighth at the MPSF Championships in the 800-meters in 2:10.43 and part of the fourth-place 4x400m relay in 3:43.22 and also ran the 800m leg of the DMR that took third in 11:14.37 โฆ helped the 4x400m relay break the school record at the UW Invitational with a time of 3:42.58 โฆ ran a new indoor 800m PR of 2:08.08 at the Husky Classic for 13th overall and moved to No. 6 in school history โฆ won her 800m section at the UW Invitational in 2:09.25.
2016: A strong redshirt freshman season, qualifying for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships in the 800-meters as well as on the 4x400-meter relay โฆ made it to West Prelims in Kansas in the 800-meters by virtue of her season-best time of 2:07.92, which was good for 12th overall at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ led off the Husky 4x400m relay which ran the second-fastest time in school history at the Pac-12 meet, going 3:38.88 for fifth-place โฆ led the relay again at West Prelims, as the group finished 23rd in 3:39.87 โฆ got a big win in a 400-meter PR of 55.63 seconds at the UW-WSU Dual and helped the 4x400m relay beat the Cougars in 3:39.30 โฆ had a heat win at the Stanford Invitational in the 800-meters running 2:08.85 โฆ fifth in the 800m at the Pepsi Team Invitational in 2:10.59 and ran on the 4x4 that went to No. 8 in school history with a time of 3:41.77 โฆ indoors, went to No. 8 in school history at 800-meters with a time of 2:09.05 at the UW Invitational โฆ ran the 800-meter leg on the DMR at the MPSF Championships which placed fifth in 11:23.26 and also was 17th in the open 800m in 2:11.89.
2014-15 (Track): Redshirted the season โฆ competed unattached at the Ken Shannon Invitational, running the 800-meters in 2:14.76 ...ย (Cross Country): Redshirted the season, competing just once unattached, as she finished 40th overall at the Sundodger Invitational in West Seattle.
High School and Personal: Born in Tacoma, Washington โฆ parents are Karyn and David Derby โฆ has one younger brother, Jackson โฆ claimed the Washington 4A State Championship at 400-meters all four years of her career, winning the fourth in 2014 in a time of 55.69 seconds on the same day that she finished third in the 800-meter final in a career-best 2:10.03 โฆ anchored the 4x400m relay team to 4A state titles in 2011 and 2012 โฆ won Narrows League titles at 800-meters in 2012 and 2013 and won four straight at 400-meters โฆ took second in the 800-meters at the 2014 Arcadia Invite in 2:10.59 โฆ ran three times at the 4A state cross country championships, with a best finish of 18th in 2011 and was also 25th in 2012 โฆ placed 18th at the Nike Cross Nationals Northwest Regionals in 2013 โฆ the Tacoma Athletic Commission All-Around Athlete of the Year in 2013-14, and the Track Athlete of the Year in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Major Meets
2016 MPSF TF - 17th, 800m | 5th, DMR
2016 Pac-12 TF - 12th, 800m | 5th, 4x400m
2016 NCAA Prelims TF - 47th, 800m | 23rd, 4x400m
2017 MPSF TF - 8th, 800m | 4th, 4x400mย | 3rd, DMR
2017 Pac-12 TF - 7th, 800m
2017 NCAA Prelims TF - 19th, 800m
2018 MPSF TF - 1st, DMR (MPSF Champion)
2018 Pac-12 TF - 21st, 800m
2019 MPSF TF - 6th, 800m | 6th, 4x400m
2019 NCAA Indoors - 7th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2019 Pac-12 TF - 12th, 800m
2019 NCAA Prelims TF - 29th, 800m
Outdoor Bests
400m.......55.63
800m.......2:04.79
1500m.......4:23.75
Indoor Bests
800mโฆโฆ.2:06.98
